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The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce and Rockingham Memorial Hospital will offer a seminar on “Preparing your Business for H1N1” on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 8 a.m. at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg.
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Picture this – A lazy Sunday afternoon with spectacular, sun-drenched weather and pleasant temperatures providing a the backdrop for a gang of merry Miata mavens who refuse to grow up to come together in one Accord (would we all fit?), form a big boss line, hit the accelerator (while keeping an eye on the speedometer)…
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced more than $11 million in grants through the Homelessness and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), authorized through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The HPRP program is designed to provide assistance and support to prevent homelessness or to quickly re-house and stabilize those who are currently homelessness.
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It’s a big pile of dirt now. In 8-10 months, it will be a LEED Platinum-certified long-term care pharmacy. And The Augusta Free Press and The New Dominion Magazine will be there every step of the way. “The more I looked into building a green building, we came to realize that you can build a…
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He donated or sold 12,000 or more books to Eastern Mennonite University and contributed in numerous other ways to the school over a 60-year period. Irvin B. Horst, 94, currently resides at Oak Lea at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community. The Anabaptist scholar’s professional career took him to several European countries and lengthy teaching stints in…
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The Shenandoah Valley Athletic Club kicks off its seventh season of monthly dinner meetings with its annual local college preview featuring football coaches Mickey Matthews of James Madison University and Bridgewater College’s Mike Clark. This popular annual event of the SVAC’s season is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Ramada Inn in Harrisonburg with…
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Aamir Mahmood, MD, and James C. Styron IV, MD, JD, have joined the staff of RMH Valley Behavioral Medicine in Harrisonburg. Both have been granted medical staff privileges in psychiatry at RMH. “RMH recruited these physicians to meet a major community need,” said Lawrence Conell, MD, medical director, RMH Behavioral Health Services. “Both physicians are…
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Good news on the local employment front – unemployment rates in the five localities in the Augusta and Rockingham areas were down in July. More good news at the state level – Virginia saw its unemployment rate dip from 7.3 percent in June to 6.9 percent in July, according to data released by the Virginia…
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Steve Shannon gets it that the attorney general’s office in Virginia is about public safety first and foremost. Ken Cuccinelli, on the other hand, seems more focused on the political end of things. “He’s not talking in any meaningful way about public safety. He’s talking about the same things that you would talk about if…
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The Baltimore Annex Theatre presents a new version of the oldest story in the English languagem- Beowulf: An Epic Play at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Sept. 2. Tickets for the show are on a sliding scale with a suggested minimum of $5 through $15. The tickets are available in advance at 311 S. Main St.,…
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